"Well, it's certainly a privilege too powerful to ignore. They'd likely want to take it back even if it meant going back on their word."
"I agree. We should prepare something to counter such a scenario."
"There's no need for that."
Sylas smiled, seeing Isaac's worried expression.
"That anxiety is precisely my greatest advantage."
How could anyone in their right mind predict what madness a lunatic might unleash?
"That damn dragonslayer even attracts equally insane companions! Birds of a feather, indeed…"
Maximilian cursed loudly, clutching his head in frustration. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected things to turn out like this.
The situation was so far removed from his expectations that it gave him a splitting headache.
"What is His Majesty doing now?" he asked.
"He's drinking himself into a stupor in his chambers," came the reply.
"What? And the affairs of the Empire?"